Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-26

he will consider no labor or suffering too great in
order to accomplish that object. Applause)
The great merit of this convention is this: that
1t gives occasion for the fighting ont upon the
wider field of the state of New York the self
same battle, with the hope of achieving the self
same moral victory, that we fought out and
achieved in the late mayoraity campaign in New
York city. 1t is clear that that nomination was q
most fortunate and provilential one. 1t is the
nomination and the magnificent success of that
mountaineering would not have been po6Sihe
with any other candidate and on any other plat
form than platform suited to that caudilato-
that made possible this convention Cheers
am as well prepared to speak on that subj ct as
any other man, for | was honored by
being made a member of that central committee.
which was appointed the very week aft, + the
last election to evangeliz the stat of New YORK
and the whole country upon the principles of TIL"
platform upon which Henry George had stood,
and which it assuredly is secret he had writ
ten. AppauseJ The work That has been done
pending his convention must surely he wonder
to the millions of people all over the country who
are looking on most anxiously to witness its de.
liberatiunS and which work has made this con
ventiUn possible
1t will be pleasant to look back upon Tits
numbers, the dignity, sagacity, the wisdom, the
| good sense and the good nature that has been eX
hibited here during the last three days When
we started out last autumn with ON nomination
we did not expect to elect our candidate, but the
magnificent personality of the candi late and the
magnificent platform that he had inspired so
stirred the masses and so won the Judgment of
al classes that we had most narrow escape
from plecting him.
And let me tell you secret We have excel
lent reason to believe that we actually did elect
him (cheers); but that, by some extraordinary
arts not entirely unknown, believe, to prac-
ticed politicians, they only allowed him $4,000
votes. Our belief is that he must have got over
$1,000 (applause) About six weeks ago was
travelling on u train in the state of New York,
and gentleman who had been extremely high in
the state Democratic committee courteously in
troduced himself and chatted with me. He
ia ked about Mr.. George and the United Labor
party, and he said in q kind of fren lily, patron
zlng way: The proper thing for you United
Labor party men to do would be to demand recog-
milton in the Democratic convention lerisive
laughter)-becauSe great many of your mem
bers thought fit to vote for the stat candidate
for the court of appeals, and no doubt you could
get recognition, and you can no doubt get two or
three representatives of your party acknowledged
in that convention. 1t wouldn't be much, but
still it would be something" More derision and
cry, More than We want And now, instead of
two or three delegates of the United Labor party
humbly begging admission at the door Of that
| Democratic convention, we see this magnificent
convention of the United Labor party, that
asks no favor of any party or anybody Great
| cheering,)
Continuing DR.. McGlynn told of discov-
cry made by a watcher on the night of cleo
tion in one of the SIP districts. He found,
he said that fifteen of Georges ballots had
! been put on H wits hook, and the doctor
| figured that if the same ratio of fraud ex-
listed in each of the other districts Mr.. George
would have been elected.
j. p. Archibald was the first man to be
nominated for comptroller, but he withdrew
in favor of Victor A. Wilder of Brooklyn,
who was nominated by reclamation. In ac-
| cepting the nomination he said
Next to the time when went out of the rifle pits
in forlorn hope this is the most joyous moment
| of my life. am not nominated to office. but to rep
resent principle. stand here not a man, but e
| principle The time for action has come and IL
| is as men that we must act. We will not cease
until we have established here fair Industrial
| republic. where none shall crouch. whore all are
free, where none Shall Cypress, because all are
peers.
James p. koehler nominated Arthur Stan
ford of Kings county for state treasurer, but
! he withdrew on the ground of locality in
favor of p. H. Cummings of Amsterdam,
Montgomery county, who nominated j. j.
Sweeney of New York. James H. Magee
nominated R. j. Ferguson of Buffalo, who
Withdrew in favor of Z. II. Cummings Mr..
! Cummings was then nominated without op-
! position.
Denis C. Feeley of Rochester, was nomi-
mated for attorney general by John T. Burke,
who said he was an 1rishman and an Irish
American, who was distinguished by his hav-
ing ecclesiastical displeasure for his
friendship to workingmen. John A. Ro-
nayne, of Buffalo was nominated, but with
drew in favor of Mr. Feeley. Dr. McGlynn
seconded Mr.. Feeley's nomination, and he
was nominated.
Charles F. Wingate was nominated for
state engineer by +. C. Lenhescher, but was
withdrawn when Mr.. Lenhescher found out
that a civil instead of sanitary engineer
was wanted Frank Terrell was nominated
by w. j. Boylan, but Mr.. Terrell withdrew
in favor of Sylvanus H. Sweet of White
Plains, who was state engineer under Mr..
Tilden, and who was nominated.
Resolutions of thanks to Chairman Nc
Mackin and the secretaries We're passed, and
a motion to adjourn was carried.
The state committee was then selected by
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